Re:BadEconomics: Putting $400M of Bitcoin on your company ba...
by azernik on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:37PM
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Which assets exactly are seeing artificial government fueled inflation?
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Re:BadEconomics: Putting $400M of Bitcoin on your company ba...
by mcguire on Monday January 04, 2021 @02:05PM
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Bitcoin.
Re:BadEconomics: Putting $400M of Bitcoin on your company ba...
by azernik on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:39PM
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Heh
Re:BadEconomics: Putting $400M of Bitcoin on your company ba...
by apta_ on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:32PM
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The dollar printer went crazy in 2020: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2. This definitely had an effect on stock and property prices, and seemingly some cryptocurrencies as well.
Re:BadEconomics: Putting $400M of Bitcoin on your company ba...
by azernik on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:40PM
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Is your argument in favor of bitcoin as an asset class is that its value doesn't skyrocket when stock and property values skyrocket?
(My assumption when you said "inflation" was a drop in purchasing power of a given asset, not a rise.)
Re:BadEconomics: Putting $400M of Bitcoin on your company ba...
by apta_ on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:57PM
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> (My assumption when you said "inflation" was a drop in purchasing power of a given asset, not a rise.)
I was referring to the inflation of the US dollar. That's why property, stock, bitcoin, etc. went up.
Re:BadEconomics: Putting $400M of Bitcoin on your company ba...
by azernik on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:03PM
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That would be a nice theory, but inflation in terms of producer and consumer goods is lower than in previous years (PPI inflation of 0.8% for the 12 months ending on 31 November, CPI inflation of 1.2% for the same period, compared to an average of more like 2% over the previous few years).